Trade Policy

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Customs Union

  • Apr.12.2018: Is Labour Selling the UK a Turkey? A future UK-EU customs union should not be ruled out. While it would place some constraints on a future UK independent trade policy, the positives far outweigh the negatives. Does being in a customs union prevent the UK signing new trade deals? (good explanation in here re what exactly a customs union is). Sam Lowe, Centre for European Reform. (Sam Lowe is a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform)

Articles

  • Feb.17.2018: Rightwing groups plot to ditch EU safety standards on food and drugs. Organisers of the self-styled “shadow trade talks”, which are set to include 10 leading rightwing and libertarian groups from the UK and the US, are preparing to push their “ideal free trade agreement” that would allow the import of US meats, drugs and chemicals banned in Britain. Michael Savage, The Guardian.
  • Jul.25.2017: Chlorinated chicken? Yes, we really can have too much trade. Why do we want more trade? What is it for? The old promise was that trade led to prosperity. But what if we have enough already? What if enhanced global trade, far from promoting wellbeing, now undermines it? To trade fundamentalists, rainforests and ancient woodlands, coral reefs and wild rivers, local markets and lively communities, civic life and public space are nothing but unrealised opportunities for development. Where we see the presence of beauty, tranquillity and wonder, they see the absence of palm oil plantations and soybean deserts, container ports and mega-dams, shopping malls and 12-lane highways. For them, there is no point of arrival, just an endless escalation of transit. George Monbiot, The Guardian.